List of Egyptian composers
The following is a list of Egyptian music composers.
Pioneers
According to the work of the Egyptian musicologist Samha El-Kholy, the first generation of Egyptians to begin writing in modern Egyptian classical style were born around the turn of the 20th century.Among the most celebrated composers in Egyptian history who lived in the 20th century are Sayed Darwish, Mohamed El Qasabgi, Baligh Hamdi, Mohamed Fawzi, Zakariya Ahmad, Mohamed Abdel Wahab, Riad El Sunbati and many others.
First generation
- Sayed Darwish
- Mohamed El Qasabgi
- Zakariya Ahmad
- Yusef Greiss
- Abu Bakr Khairat
- Hasan Rashid
- Aziz El-Shawan
- Dawood Hosni
Second generation
- Mohamed Abdel Wahab
- Riad El Sunbati
- Farid al-Atrash
- Kamel El-Remali,
- Awatef Abdel Karim
- Gamal Abdel-Rahim
- Sayed Awad
- Halim El-Dabh
- Aziz El-Shawan
- Soliman Gamil
- Rifaat Garrana
- Tarek Ali Hassan
- Ezz Eddin Hosni
Third generation
- Baligh Hamdi
- Rageh Daoud
- Omar Khayrat
- Mona Ghoneim
- Sherif Nour
- Mohamed Abdelwahab Abdelfattah
- Sherif Mohie El Din
- Ali Osman
- Adel Kamel